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Ask HN: ListAndPlay.com - What should I change?

This app allows you to create & share Youtube playlists in an easy way, tries to simplify the whole process and give you a new Youtube experience. What would you change about the concept/layout/functions?

JonathanBouman 16y ago
Quick link: http://ListAndPlay.com http://ListAndPlay.com
lhorie 16y ago
Initial thoughts: - Can't we make playlists in Youtube already? - Youtube's search auto-suggests, yours started playing a silly cartoon when I typed "a". - Controls are not where I would expect them (they are at bottom left in just about all other video sites in the world). - There's a weird dotted outline when you click on the video. - On the top right, there's a link to your profile, which I don't care about, but no link to register/login, which I do. - "Add" icon is rip-off of Netvibes. Does not add to Netvibes and is confusing. - How about supporting other video sites?
- JonathanBouman 16y ago
  Thanks for your feedback, here a quick reply: - Yes it is possible on YT, but you need to login and it is not fast enough for me. I want to find videos while I type and build a list. - Auto-suggest is already active, you can force exact search by hitting enter. - 90% Controls have influence on your search results, that's why I put them top left. They need to get attention but shouldn't distract the user, so that's why I chose top left (also the fullscreen looks nice with it) - The dotted outline is a DIV hack needed to catch mouse clicks for pause/play (since I can't capture clicks from the flash video itself) - Not having a login/register is one of the main advantages of this site, you build a list, share it and save it that way. - Add icon was not meant as rip-off from Netvibes (didn't knew they even used it), what do you suggest as a positive 'add this video' icon? - Supporting other video sites is in the pipeline!
  - lhorie 16y ago
    Re: icon: I always liked explicit text on my buttons. I remember reading something about icons not being very user-friendly. http://uxmyths.com/post/715009009/myth-icons-enhance-usability http://uxmyths.com/post/715009009/myth-icons-enhance-usabili...
    - JonathanBouman 16y ago
      That's interesting, thanks! Right now I've got title tags set for the icons. I will try to convert the icons into short text buttons. Keep the feedback coming :)!

JonathanBouman 16y ago

Quick link: http://ListAndPlay.com http://ListAndPlay.com

lhorie 16y ago

Initial thoughts: - Can't we make playlists in Youtube already? - Youtube's search auto-suggests, yours started playing a silly cartoon when I typed "a". - Controls are not where I would expect them (they are at bottom left in just about all other video sites in the world). - There's a weird dotted outline when you click on the video. - On the top right, there's a link to your profile, which I don't care about, but no link to register/login, which I do. - "Add" icon is rip-off of Netvibes. Does not add to Netvibes and is confusing. - How about supporting other video sites?

JonathanBouman 16y ago
Thanks for your feedback, here a quick reply: - Yes it is possible on YT, but you need to login and it is not fast enough for me. I want to find videos while I type and build a list. - Auto-suggest is already active, you can force exact search by hitting enter. - 90% Controls have influence on your search results, that's why I put them top left. They need to get attention but shouldn't distract the user, so that's why I chose top left (also the fullscreen looks nice with it) - The dotted outline is a DIV hack needed to catch mouse clicks for pause/play (since I can't capture clicks from the flash video itself) - Not having a login/register is one of the main advantages of this site, you build a list, share it and save it that way. - Add icon was not meant as rip-off from Netvibes (didn't knew they even used it), what do you suggest as a positive 'add this video' icon? - Supporting other video sites is in the pipeline!
- lhorie 16y ago
  Re: icon: I always liked explicit text on my buttons. I remember reading something about icons not being very user-friendly. http://uxmyths.com/post/715009009/myth-icons-enhance-usability http://uxmyths.com/post/715009009/myth-icons-enhance-usabili...
  - JonathanBouman 16y ago
    That's interesting, thanks! Right now I've got title tags set for the icons. I will try to convert the icons into short text buttons. Keep the feedback coming :)!